The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-24
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS,

A woman living IN Olalla, Ore. has
killed seven bears this winter.
Germany demands the release OF six
OF the Bulgarian rebels. Two OF them.
however. have already been shot.
Il is reported that the Emperor OF
Austria has privately said that Russia
had withdrawn from the triple alliance.
Hotelkeepers Of Nice are selling
out at great sacrifice in consequence
OF the panic caused BY the recent earth
quakes.
Prof. Alexander Agassix has, lately
received the honorary degree Of Doctor
OF Science from the University OF Cam
bridge.
A National convention Of School
superintendent from all parts Of the
country was held in Washington
March ID. lG, and II.
Queen Victoria gets six or seven tele-
grams day from Darmstadt informing
her Of the condition Of the sick Alexan-
der. late Of Bulgaria.
Gen. Crook favors giving Indias.
the ballot because .they know more
about our Government than many emi-
grants who come here.''
Report says that Mr.. +. B. Aldrich
has dog trained to carry rolls Of Ms.
sent in by would-be contributors to the
Atlantic Monthly and drop them into
the waste-basket.
lr Is stated that the Executive Com
mittee of the Western Union Telegraph
Company has recommended the Board
OF Directors MOTTO declare any dividend
for the quarter.
The wife Of PassaicC County IN. J.)
farmer gave birth on Washington's
Sirtht'.. to four babies, all of whom
are ali, ~ likely to grow to mans
estate.
The >; ae department. has forwarded
to the American Minister ut Berlin in
structions to investigate the arrest BY
the German Government Of Richard
keabecker. citizen Of Strasburg.
Shelby County. Ill.
The Milwaukee Sentinel saws: ut
is rumored that Lawrence Barrett's
eldest unmarried daughter is to we'd
Edwin Rooth. This was the real
reason Of Barrett's undertaking the
management of Booth this season.
Cassins M. Clay has Cancelled his
appointments to speak throughout tho
State OF Kentucky, but adheres to his
purpose to run for the office of Cover
nor. In this respect he remains Ken.
tuckian.
''Marvelously extensive and rich
gold-quartz veins," the dispatches say
have been discovered in the Transvaal
gold-felds, and which. when fully de-
veloped, will prove among the richest
in the world.
Messrs. Napier OF Glasgow has just
shipped for Sebastopol the largest set of
triple expansion engines that have ever
been constructed for q man-of-war.
They are Of $4,000 horsepower and are
intended for the new Russian ironclad
Sinope.
William Opel of Howell. Mich, is
S7 years old, bachelor, and 4 miser
He is worth several thousands OF dol
lars. and yet the other day he fell in
the street exhausted for want OF food.
In the hovel where be lives were found
4 sack Of -four and several hundred
dollars in silver. The old man insists
that he ought to 60 to the poorhouse.
Mr.. N. f. Chase. a capitalist OF Bos
ton. announces that. In his opinion.
having been an employer Of labor fifteen
years. every man ought to receive 81
per hour for hour for his labor or time
and that he ought to sell but i've hours
per day at most. Mr.. Chase will have
but little difficulty in filing his works
on these terms.
Craig Tolliver, the Rowan County
(ky.) desperate. has been in Cincinnati
purchasing dry goods to the amount Of
$1,000. He is now Deputy Sheriff Of
the county he has terrorized. is . peace
full and law-abiding citizen. and has q
successful business. He never drinks,
whisky, andhas given up carrying re-
volver.
A friend writes to Labouchere from
Berlin: Il have just seen the old EN-.
per0r. He looks. when he walks, rs il
he did not feel the ground under him.
but is otherwise the picture Of health
The fresh face. with the snowy hair
and whiskers, is like the Alps In the
sunset. in which rose color is set round
with dazzling white. Bismarck 10
frightened at the uncertainty Of his
step, which is q warning Of paralysis.
Hence his anxiety to secure docile
Reichstag. which will not play too much
into. the hand Of the coming Empress
Victoria against the Chancellor"